Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Regional Office IX, Zamboanga Peninsula

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Quarter 4 – Module 4
Fact Vs Opinion

Name of Learner: ___________________________

Grade & Section: ___________________________
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Name of School: ___________________________
 What I Need To Know
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In today’s society, learning is everywhere. If you want to know how to cook your favorite
KNOW
dish or acquire a new skill you can just watch it on YouTube. If you want to learn something
new, you can just search and click it on your smart phones with the help of the different
platforms from the internet.

But how can you make sure that you followed the correct procedure in cooking your favorite
dish? How will you know that the ideas viewed from the different platforms of the internet are
the right information?

With the emerging innovations using technology nowadays, you can now have an access to
all the things you want to learn. Be wise and you must have the ability to determine whether it is
a fact or an opinion to avoid being manipulated easily and for you to really acquire the right
information.

In this module, you are expected to:

• Determine the truthfulness and accuracy of the material viewed. (EN7VC-1-h-10)

What I Know
Directions: Read each item carefully and write the letter of your answer on the space provided.

__________1. Which of the following information below is a fact?

A. The Philippines celebrate Independence Day every 12 th of June.
B. Rodrigo Duterte could be re-elected as the President in the next election.
C. I think Dr. Rizal is proud with the youths of today.
D. The Spaniard will enjoy their stay up to this generation.

__________2. Which of the following statements defines an opinion?

A. Opinion is a statement that is true
B. It is an expression of telling the truth
C. A person’s belief, or judgment about something
D. is tested and proven

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__________3. Which of the following expresses an opinion?
A. Facebook is a mobile application.
B. I believe that the weather report on Facebook is accurate than in the newspaper.
C. Newspaper is a printed material that produces news on current events.
D. Weather updates are posted by PAGASA.

__________4. Which of the following defines a fact?

A. Statements that expresses the truth C. Statements that expresses one’s belief
B. Statements that expresses one’s opinion. D. Statement that expresses one’s judgment

__________5. Which of the following is NOT true about opinion?

A. This expresses one’s judgement C. This expresses one’s belief
B. Opinion expresses one’s personal idea. D. This expresses the truth

What’s In
Activity 1. Fact or Opinion

Directions: Write the word F if the statement is FACT and O if the statement is OPINION on
the space provided.

1. I think Anahaw will be the next national flower.

2. There are three stars in the Philippine flag that represents Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

3. If mobile games were not developed, the children nowadays will be more focused on their

studies.

4. Dr. Jose Rizal is our National Hero.

5. If Isko Moreno can maintain his good standing as the City Mayor of Manila, he could be the

next President of the Philippines.

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Activity 2.
Directions: Below are the screenshots of the logos of different platforms from the internet.
Which of the following platforms give you right or opinionated information? Write your answer
in the corresponding columns.

Instagram

Facebook

Google Youtube

Newspapers
Wikipedia

CNN
Rappler

DepEd Commons Merriam Webster

Dictionary

RIGHT OPINIONATED
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
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 What’s New
Activity 3
Directions: Write at least five (5) ideas and information you know about Fact and Opinion
inside the box.

FACTS

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

OPINION

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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 What Is It
Students must develop skills in determining truthfulness in any statements. To do this, one
must understand the definitions and concepts of fact and opinion.

What is FACT?
A fact is a statement that is consistent with reality or can be proven with evidence. It is a
statement that is real or true, or a thing that can be shown to be real or true. A fact is
something that has really happened or is actually the case. The usual test for a statement of
fact is whether it can be seen to be true.

Examples:
1. The sun rises in the east.
2. The Philippine President is Rodrigo R. Duterte.
3. The troposphere is the bottom layer of the atmosphere, where clouds, rain, snow, and
other weather phenomena occur.
4. Manila is the Capital city of the Philippines.
5. Dr. Jose P. Rizal is our National Hero

What is OPINION?
An opinion is a personal judgment. It is an expression of someone’s view or belief that is
not demonstrable as fact. Opinions can provide useful information, but they should be
supported by evidence.

Examples:
1. The salad is sweeter than the jelly.
2. Her fashion style is on trend.
3. Many lower-income families of the barrio manage to maintain a comfortable standard
of living through the communal action of family members who contribute their wages
to the head of the family.
4. I think dancing Zumba is better than jogging.
5. In my perspective, buying a brand-new car using a credit card is not practical these
days.

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 Fact and opinion are often interrelated to one another especially in texts and speeches.
Therefore, students must unlock skills in distinguishing the differences of the two.

Here are examples of signal words used in determining facts and opinions:

FACT
● The new study confirms…
● Medical experts have recently discovered…
● According to the results of the clinical trials…
● The doctors demonstrated…

OPINION
● They claimed that…
● It is the teacher’s view that…
● The debater argues that…
● Many people suspect that…

From the examples above, the signal words used are helpful in determining whether the
statement is a fact or an opinion.

What’s More
Activity 4: Support Your Answer
Directions: Read the text carefully. Try to note down at least one statement of fact and opinion. State your
reason for identifying the statement as fact or opinion.
Many pesticides that are banned in wealthy nations are shipped to Central America, often with disastrous
results. Pesticide containers have safety instructions written in a language farmer can’t read. Some pesticides are so
toxic that anyone applying them should wear a tightly sealed rubber suit and a respirator. Unfortunately, most
farmers are too poor to afford any protection; those who can afford the gear don’t buy it, because rubber suits are
impractical in the tropics.

Statement
1. Fact: _______________________________
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2. Opinion: ___________________________
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Reason
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Activity 5. Fact vs. Opinion

Directions: View the given pictures below and determine whether the picture is giving you a fact or
opinionated information. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided.

A. B. C.

D. E. F.

FACT OPINION

1. __________ 1. __________
2. __________ 2. __________
3. __________ 3. __________

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 What I Have Learned
Activity 6: Fill-up the Pail
Directions: Read each statement inside the boxes. Identify whether it is a fact or opinion and write it
down on its respective pail.

It is supported by evidences It is a personal judgment It is an expression of someone’s belief

It is an expression of It is a statement that is It is something that has really happened

someone’s view consistent with reality

FACT OPINION

1. _________________ 1. _________________

___________________ ___________________

2. _________________ 2. _________________

___________________ ___________________

3. _________________ 3. _________________

___________________ ___________________

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 What I Can Do
Activity 7. Make A Stand
Option A
Directions: Watch the video titled “What does education mean to you?” and determine whether it is
a FACT or OPINION and why. Just use the link below.
https://youtu.be/Un5msddQI6U

Note: If the student has no internet connection, please use option B of the activity.
Option B
Directions: Analyze the given infographic below and determine whether the picture states a FACT
or an OPINION. Defend your answer by writing your explanation on the space provided.

FACT OR OPINION?
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 RUBRICS FOR THE ACTIVITIES IN WHAT I CAN DO
CRITERIA Outstanding Very good Average Developing
(5) (4) (3) (2)

FOCUS/ The paragraph The paragraph The paragraph The paragraph

CONTENT contains meaningful contains little but contains little contains no focus
focus and 4-5 meaningful focus focus and there is and there are no
supporting details. and there are 2-3 only 1 supporting supporting details.
supporting details. detail.
ORGANIZATION The introduction is The introduction The introduction There is no clear
OF THOUGHTS inviting, states the states the main states the main introduction,
main topic and topic and provides topic. A structure, and
provides an an overview. A conclusion is conclusion.
overview. conclusion is included.
Information is included.
relevant and
presented in a
logical order. The
conclusion is strong.
LANGUAGE All sentences are Most sentences Most sentences Sentences sound
MECHANIC well constructed and are well are well awkward, are
have varied structure constructed and constructed, but distractively
and length. There are have varied they have a repetitive, or are
no errors in structure and similar structure difficult to
grammar, length. The writer and/or length. The understand. The
mechanics, and/or makes a few errors writer makes writer makes
spelling. in grammar, several errors in numerous errors in
mechanics, and/or grammar, grammar,
spelling. mechanics, and/or mechanics, and/or
spelling. spelling.

Assessment
Directions: Read the items carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which of the given statements below is TRUE about fact?
A. A statement that is consistent with fake news.
B. A statement with reality or can be proven with evidence.
C. A statement that consists of personal judgment.
D. A statement that expresses one’s belief.

2. Which of the following words below expresses a personal judgment?

A. Fact B. Fantasy C. Opinion D. Reality

3. Which of the following sentences explains an opinion?

A. It is an expression of someone’s view or belief C. A statement of facts
B. It is an expression of truth D. Something that is real

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4. Which of the following statements explains the reason why an opinion cannot be a fact?
A. An opinion cannot be a fact because it is just a personal idea and not proven.
B. An opinion cannot be a fact because it is tested and proven.
C. An opinion cannot be a fact because it states the truthfulness of something.
D. An opinion cannot be a fact because it states the reality of something.

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true about facts?

A. It is a statement that is consistent with reality
B. It can be proven with evidence
C. It is a statement that is real or true
D. It expresses a personal belief on something

6. Which of the given statements below shows the BEST comparison between Fact and Opinion?
A. Fact is a statement that is consistent with reality while Opinion is not true.
B. Fact is a statement that is consistent with truthfulness while Opinion is more on fake news.
C. Fact is a statement that is proven while Opinion is an expression of someone’s view or belief
D. Fact is a statement that is proven while Opinion states a false information.

7. Below are the screenshots of the different logos of different platforms from the internet. Which of
the following sites gives a purely factual information?
A. B. C. . D.

For question number 8, refer to the infographic below:

8. Does the given infographic above give a fact or an opinion?

A. It is a fact because it gives an information that are already proven
B. It is fact because it gives an information that are not proven
C. It is an opinion because it gives factual information
D. It is an opinion because it gives an unproven information

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 9. Which of the following statement is NOT true about an opinion?
A. An opinion is a personal judgment.
B. An opinion is an expression of someone’s view or belief.
C. An opinion provides information that are not supported by evidences.
D. An opinion can provide factual information.

For number 10, refer to the text in the box:

1. A fact is a statement that is consistent with reality or can be proven with evidence. 2. It is a
statement that is unreal or false, or a thing that can be shown to be real or true. 3. A fact is
something that has really happened or is actually the case. 4. The usual test for a statement of
fact is whether it can be seen to be true.

10. All the sentences are correct about fact EXCEPT:

A. Sentence 1 C. Sentence 3
B. Sentence 2 D. Sentence 4

Additional Activity (Optional)

Activity 8: Determine Me
Directions: Watch the video titled “Vaccination during COVID-19 (Explainer Video) | WHO
Philippines, UNICEF, DOH” and determine whether it is a FACT or OPINION and why. Just use the
link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGv73EPcgm0

ANSWER:
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Answer Key:
5. D 5. O 5. Newspapers 5. Google Answers may vary
4. A 4. F 4. Merriam Webster 4. Wikipedia Activity 3
3. B 3. O 3. CNN 3. YouTube What’s New
2. C 2. F 2. Rappler 2. Instagram
1. A 1. O 1. Deped Commons 1. Facebook
What I know Activity 1 Right Opinionated
What’s In Activity 2
What’s In
3. F 3. E
2. D 2. C
Answers may vary that really happened. of someone’s view.
1. A 1. B
Opinion Fact Activity 5 3. It is something 3. It is an expression
What’s More with reality.
Activity 4 What’s More
that is consistent of someone’s belief.
2. It is a statement 2. It is an expression
Answers may vary 10. B 5. D By evidences. judgement.
Activity 7 9. D 4. A 1. It is supported 1. It is a personal
What I Can Do 8. A 3. A Fact Opinion
7. C 2. A What I Have Learned Activity 6
Answers may vary 6. C 1. B
Activity 8 Assessment
Additional Activity

References:
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Freepik, Google logo.jpg
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icon/search_281764?term=google&page=1&position=2&page=1&position=2&related_id=281764&origi
n=search
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icon/youtube_1384060?term=youtube%20logo&page=1&position=2&page=1&position=2&related_id=1
384060&origin=style
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logo_48927?term=wikipedia&page=1&position=3&page=1&position=3&related_id=48927&origin=sear
ch
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va...eed63c82e6de78825ee64dc30c87d066513c046256104.png
File: Webster_logo.svg
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Webster_logo.svg
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File: Rappler_logo.svg
Retrieved from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappler#/media/File%ARappler_logo.svg
File: CNN.png
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File: Manila Bulletin New Layout Newspaper (December 9, 2019).jpg
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Manila_Bulletin_New_Layout_Newspaper_(December_9,_2019).jpg
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Fact, Wikipedia, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact
English Expressways, Textbooks for fourth Year, SD Publication Inc, 2007, p. 197
English-Grade 7 Learner’s Material, First Edition, Department of Education, FEB Printing
Corp.,,Philippines, 2017
https://www.literacyideas.com/teaching-fact-and-opinion

DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Writer: Christianvil T. Garcia Chandra-Lou G. Francisco
Basilan National High School Malamawi National High School

Editor:
Language Editor:
Proof Reader: Sayana S. Hassan, EPS
Illustrators: Julienne Izabel A. Buante, Julienne Izabel A. Buante
Chandra-Lou G. Francisco
Layout Artist: Julienne Izabel A. Buante
Management Team:
Julieto H. Fernandez, Ed. D., CESO VI
SDS-Isabela City
Maria Laarni T. Villanueva, Ed. D., CESE
ASDS-Isabela City
Henry R. Tura, CID Chief
Elsa A. Usman, LR Supervisor
Helen De Leon, EPS-English, Module Coordinator

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 Region IX: Zamboanga Peninsula Hymn – Our Eden Land
Here the trees and flowers bloom Gallant men And Ladies fair
Here the breezes gently Blow, Linger with love and care
Here the birds sing Merrily, Golden beams of sunrise and sunset
The liberty forever Stays, Are visions you’ll never forget
Oh! That’s Region IX
Here the Badjaos roam the seas Hardworking people Abound,
Here the Samals live in peace Every valleys and Dale
Here the Tausogs thrive so free Zamboangueños, Tagalogs, Bicolanos,
With the Yakans in unity
My Final Farewell
Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun caress'd
Pearl of the Orient seas, our Eden lost!,
Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life's best,
And were it brighter, fresher, or more blest
Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost.
On the field of battle, 'mid the frenzy of fight,
Others have given their lives, without doubt or heed;
The place matters not-cypress or laurel or lily white,
Scaffold or open plain, combat or martyrdom's plight,
T is ever the same, to serve our home and country's need.
I die just when I see the dawn break,
Through the gloom of night, to herald the day;
And if color is lacking my blood thou shalt take,
Pour'd out at need for thy dear sake
To dye with its crimson the waking ray.
My dreams, when life first opened to me,
My dreams, when the hopes of youth beat high,
Were to see thy lov'd face, O gem of the Orient sea
From gloom and grief, from care and sorrow free;
No blush on thy brow, no tear in thine eye.
Dream of my life, my living and burning desire,
All hail ! cries the soul that is now to take flight;
All hail ! And sweet it is for thee to expire ;
To die for thy sake, that thou mayst aspire;
And sleep in thy bosom eternity's long night.
If over my grave some day thou seest grow,
In the grassy sod, a humble flower,
Draw it to thy lips and kiss my soul so,
While I may feel on my brow in the cold tomb below
The touch of thy tenderness, thy breath's warm power.
Let the moon beam over me soft and serene,
Let the dawn shed over me its radiant flashes,
Let the wind with sad lament over me keen ;
And if on my cross a bird should be seen,
Let it trill there its hymn of peace to my ashes.
I Am a Filipino, by Carlos P. Romulo
I am a Filipino–inheritor of a glorious past, hostage to the uncertain
future. As such I must prove equal to a two-fold task–the task of
meeting my responsibility to the past, and the task of performing my
obligation to the future.
I sprung from a hardy race, child many generations removed of
ancient Malayan pioneers. Across the centuries the memory comes
rushing back to me: of brown-skinned men putting out to sea in
ships that were as frail as their hearts were stout. Over the sea I see
them come, borne upon the billowing wave and the whistling wind,
carried upon the mighty swell of hope–hope in the free abundance of
new land that was to be their home and their children’s forever.
I am a Filipino. In my blood runs the immortal seed of heroes–seed
that flowered down the centuries in deeds of courage and defiance.
In my veins yet pulses the same hot blood that sent Lapulapu to
battle against the first invader of this land, that nerved Lakandula in
the combat against the alien foe, that drove Diego Silang and
Dagohoy into rebellion against the foreign oppressor.
The seed I bear within me is an immortal seed. It is the mark of my
manhood, the symbol of dignity as a human being. Like the seeds
that were once buried in the tomb of Tutankhamen many thousand
years ago, it shall grow and flower and bear fruit again. It is the
insignia of my race, and my generation is but a stage in the
unending search of my people for freedom and happiness.
Cebuanos, Ilocanos, Subanons, Boholanos, Ilongos,
All of them are proud and true
Region IX our Eden Land
Region IX
Our..
Eden...
Land...
Let the sun draw the vapors up to the sky,
And heavenward in purity bear my tardy protest
Let some kind soul o 'er my untimely fate sigh,
And in the still evening a prayer be lifted on high
From thee, 0 my country, that in God I may rest.
Pray for all those that hapless have died,
For all who have suffered the unmeasur'd pain;
For our mothers that bitterly their woes have cried,
For widows and orphans, for captives by torture tried
And then for thyself that redemption thou mayst gain
And whe n the d ark nig ht wr ap s the gr ave y ar d ar ound
With only the d e ad in the ir v ig il to s e e
B re ak not m y re p os e or the m ys tery p r of ound
And pe rc hanc e thou m ays t he ar a s ad hym n re s ound
' T is I, O my c ountry, r aising a s ong unto the e .
And ev e n my g rav e is r em em be re d no m ore
Unm ark 'd by ne ve r a c r os s nor a stone
Le t the plow s we ep thr oug h it, the sp ade tur n it o' er
That m y as hes m ay c arp e t e ar thly f loor,
B ef ore into nothing nes s at las t the y are b lown.
The n will ob liv ion br ing to me no c ar e
As ove r thy v ale s and p lains I s we e p;
Thr ob b ing and c le anse d in thy s p ace and air
With c olor and lig ht, with s ong and lame nt I f are ,
Ev e r re p e ating the f aith that I k ee p .
M y F athe rland ad or' d, that s ad ne ss to my sor r ow le nd s
B e lov ed F ilip inas, he ar now m y las t g ood -b y!
I g ive the e all: p are nts and k indr ed and f r iend s
F or I g o wher e no s lav e be f or e the op pr es s or b e nds ,
Whe r e f aith c an ne ve r kill, and God r e ig ns e ' er on hig h!
F are well to y ou all, f r om m y s oul tor n away,
F rie nds of m y c hild hood in the home disp oss e ss ed !
Giv e thanks that I re s t fr om the we ar is om e d ay !
F are well to the e, too, s we e t f rie nd that lig ht e ne d m y way;
B e lov ed cre ature s all, f are well! I n d e ath ther e is re s t!
I am a Filipino, child of the marriage of the East and the West. The
East, with its languor and mysticism, its passivity and endurance,
was my mother, and my sire was the West that came thundering
across the seas with the Cross and Sword and the Machine. I am of
the East, an eager participant in its spirit, and in its struggles for
liberation from the imperialist yoke. But I also know that the East
must awake from its centuried sleep, shake off the lethargy that has
bound his limbs, and start moving where destiny awaits.
I am a Filipino, and this is my inheritance. What pledge shall I give
that I may prove worthy of my inheritance? I shall give the pledge that
has come ringing down the corridors of the centuries, and it shall be
compounded of the joyous cries of my Malayan forebears when first
they saw the contours of this land loom before their eyes, of the battle
cries that have resounded in every field of combat from Mactan to
Tirad Pass, of the voices of my people when they sing:
“I am a Filipino born to freedom, and I shall not rest until freedom
shall have been added unto my inheritance—for myself and my
children and my children’s children—forever.”
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